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South Africa: 'Hout Bay at the Cape of Good Hope as surveyed by Lieut. Smyth of the...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/698
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This record is about the South Africa: 'Hout Bay at the Cape of Good Hope as surveyed by Lieut. Smyth of the... dating from 1799 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPH 1/698
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1799
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South Africa: 'Hout Bay at the Cape of Good Hope as surveyed by Lieut. Smyth of the Royal Engineers in 1797': chart. Reference table to batteries. Scale: 1 inch to about 500 feet. Compass indicator. Soundings by John Blankett, Lt RN, in 1773. Signed by G Bridges, Capt RE, 1799. Lieutenant Smyth is James Carmichael-Smyth.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/832
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 49 cm x 79 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2761
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562505/
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